Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime Alerts (c)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Courtney Frank pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Frank, 19, of Shiprock, and an enrolled member of Navajo Nation, will remain on conditions of release (including adherence to an alcohol-monitoring bracelet) pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
According to court documents, on September 28, 2022, Frank was intoxicated when she drove her car over the center line of Mesa Farm Road in Shiprock and struck another car head-on. The driver of the other vehicle, Jane Doe, died at the scene. In the plea agreement and in court, Frank acknowledged she was fully responsible for the wreck and Jane Doe’s death.
At sentencing Frank faces up to eight years in prison, followed by a term of up to three years of supervised release.
The Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Nation Police Department and the New Mexico State Police. Assistant United States Attorney Zachary C. Jones is prosecuting the case.
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